I don't overcook, because you lose what's good in the food.

I'm motivated to keep going to keep making a difference in people's lives.

Growing up with four older brothers, we were into everything! They started snowboarding when I was just a tiny button, and I loved watching them shredding in the backyard. After seeing them compete in a few contests, it was all over. I idolized the sport from day one.

I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change perceptions about people with intellectual disabilities.

I have been so inspired by the Special Olympics athletes that I have been so fortunate to meet, and I am excited to continue my involvement in the Special Olympics Movement.

I decided I want to represent the U.S. and show what snowboarding's all about.

I grew up in Vermont, so we didn't really have a TV, growing up, or a football team.

I didn't know football was so big. Obviously, it's huge in the United States.

It was a no-brainer to get the Unified snowboarding race into X Games.

When I discovered Special Olympics and saw how it integrates these athletes into programs that change the whole way they see themselves and how they perform, it blew my mind. I wanted to be involved.